color vs spectral colour

spectral colour vs color

color and spectral colour both are nouns.

color is an adjective but spectral colour is not an adjective.

color is a verb but spectral colour is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
color	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
spectral colour	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spectral colour is a hyponym of color; that is, spectral colour is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than color:

color: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
spectral colour: a color that has hue

Other hyponyms of color include primary color, primary colour, heather, heather mixture, mottle, shade, tincture, tint, tone, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, achromatic color, achromatic colour, coloration, colouration, complexion, skin color, skin colour, dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, eye color, eye colour.

color (noun)	spectral colour (noun)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect	a color that has hue
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
the timbre of a musical sound
interest and variety and intensity
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
any material used for its color

color (adjective)	spectral colour (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors

color (verb)	spectral colour (verb)
add color to
change color, often in an undesired manner
affect as in thought or feeling
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
decorate with colors
modify or bias

Difference between color and spectral colour

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